Category: countryside

Smile on Saturday! A new series starts here today. In this series I’ll be showing sights I’ve seen on my travels which have made me smile. I hope you smile too. Week 1: Hardraw Scar Waterfall’s unique Weather Station: (Sometimes “Hardraw” is spelt “Hardrow” and “Scar” is sometimes “Scaur”, all depending on whether you are using Read more about Smile On Saturday: Hardraw Scar Weather Station[…]

An English Country Pub We have a lot of nice country pubs nearby. In fact I think we might visit some or all of them for lunches during autumn – all for the purposes of blogging about the experience of course! (I feel a 10-part series on “LOCAL PUBS” might be in the offing!) The Read more about LOCAL PUB: The Plough at Eaves.[…]

Dappled Sunlight in a Magical Wood. Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve is a small wood of about 100 acres in West Lancashire. The reserve comprises lakes, mature broadleaved and conifer woodland, sandy, wet meadows and heaths. It’s described on Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s website as A wildlife-rich haven in the heart of agricultural west Lancashire. It Read more about MONDAY is MACRO DAY: WEEK 7: Dappled Sunlight[…]

A red bicycle sheltering from the rain. I took this picture with my iPhone this morning. I liked the contrast of the modern bicycle parked under the lychgate of our traditional village church. When I posted it on Instagram (MiPhoneography) my blogging friend Mitchell commented on the Lychgate. (Mitchell’s website Heritage Basket Studios is Read more about A Bicycle Parked under the Lychgate[…]